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SUMMARY:Renaissance Recycling: an instrumental  workshop (singers welcome) with Alison Kinder
DESCRIPTION:Reusing old material is not a new concept – Renaissance composers did it all the time\, sometimes with their own material and sometimes with someone else’s. We’ll look at two such examples in this workshop\, in both cases a kind of ‘upcycling’ from a short initial motet or chanson into an entire mass. \nThe first is a composer reworking his own material: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s beautiful 6-voice motet Tu Es Petrus is then gloriously expanded into a mass\, not once\, but twice! The first Missa Tu Es Petrus is also for 6 voices\, but then he gets a bit carried away and does a setting for 18 voices in three choirs\, still based on the same material. We’ll do the motet and a movement from the 6-voice mass\, and if we’re feeling very brave then maybe the Kyrie of the three choir version…! The second example is where one composer borrows a piece by someone else. At that time it was thought of as a compliment – today we’d call it plagiarism! The original piece is the beautiful 4-part chanson by Josquin\, Mille Regretz\, and the recycling is done by Cristobal de Morales\, who uses it as the basis for a 6-voice mass setting. \nAlison Kinder read Music at Oxford and then studied viol with Alison Crum at Trinity College of Music\, being awarded the college’s Silver Medal for Early Music Studies. Her love is of viols in all shapes and sizes\, from soundpost-less Renaissance instruments to 7-string baroque basses. Alison is an enthusiastic teacher both privately and on courses\, and she runs the Rondo Viol Academy with fellow teacher and player Jacqui Robertson-Wade. \nPlease book below:
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/renaissance-classics-an-instrumental-workshop-with-alison-kinder/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:brass,Loud wind,Online,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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SUMMARY:Michael Praetorius: Motets from Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica
DESCRIPTION:Workshop for voices and instruments (A=440) with Tutor David Hatcher in Selly Oak. \nIn 1619\, Two years before his death\, Praetorius published the Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica – 40 choral concerts or motets in the Italian style\, modelled on works by Giovanni Gabrieli and Monteverdi. The basis of these works was Protestant hymns with instruments supporting the groups of singers. In this new style the instruments\, with a basso continuo (consisting of organ\, lute\, theorbo\, etc)\, became more important – adding interludes and symphonies. These “concerts composed in many kinds and manners” were performed at various gatherings and “filled with all sorts of musical instruments and human voices\, including trumpets and army timpani; with voices in 2 to 6 choirs”.  \nDavid Hatcher is well known to many of us from previous workshops and courses and is in great demand as a tutor.  He is an exceptional performer on a wide range of early instruments and has played and recorded with numerous period ensembles both in this country and abroad.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/christmas-workshop/
LOCATION:Selly Oak Methodist Church Hall\, Langleys Road\, Birmingham\, B29 6HT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Recorders,Strings,Voices,woodwind
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SUMMARY:The Delights of Summer
DESCRIPTION:A workshop with Tutor Alison Kinder for all voices and instruments enjoying the delights of Summer. A time when The Leaves be Green\, Fair Phyliss is to be found feeding her flock\, nymphs and shepherds are courting and dancing\, and All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded. We’ll have a predominantly English day\, with composers including Wilbye\, Farmer\, Bennett and Morley. Such as John Bennett’s ‘All Creatures Now’ (5-part)\, and the Morley ‘Hard By A Crystal Fountain’ (6-part)\, and Farmer ‘Ye Blessed Bowers’ (8-part). \nWe welcome all voices\, strings (viols and violin family)\, recorders\, brass\, housetrained double reeds and wind caps (it would be wise to have a quieter alternative instrument or voice with you too for the daintier nymph and shepherd moments…!) \nFind the details in the leaflet below.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/the-delights-of-summer/
LOCATION:St George’s Church\, Rugby\, St.John's Avenue\, Hillmorton\, Rugby\, CV22 5HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A440,brass,Loud wind,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190316T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190316T170000
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SUMMARY:Purcell: The Fairy Queen
DESCRIPTION:The Fairy Queen\, composed by Henry Purcell in 1692\, is written in the form most popular with the audiences of the day – a play with substantial incidental music\, with each of its five acts completed with an extended masque: a Restoration spectacular – following the huge success of Dioclesian and King Arthur. The libretto is an anonymous adaption of Shakespeare’s wedding comedy – A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Purcell did not set any of Shakespeare’s text to music; music was to be played as the audience took their seats and also to be played between the acts. The music for short masques in nearly every act\, presented by Titania and Oberon\, is subtly related to the action in the play and makes reference to King William and Queen Mary.\nAs in King Arthur the principal characters do not sing\, unless they are supernatural\, pastoral or drunk! Secondary characters sing to them\, usually as entertainment\, or as supernatural beings.\nWe shall need plenty of singers. There may be a chance to include some of the short solos and ensembles\, especially where they lead straight in to a chorus. At the moment we cannot be more specific but if you are interested please contact Sheila Koch the organiser\,saying whether you sing Soprano 1\, Soprano 2\, Alto or Counter Tenor\, Tenor\, Bass. \nThe orchestration is for 2 recorders\, 2 oboes\, 2 trumpets\, timpani\, strings and continuo. Pitch will be A-415. \nJohn Hancorn \nJohn Hancorn is music director of various choral groups in the Sussex area and has directed performances of Bach\, Monteverdi and Purcell\, among others\, for the Brighton Early Music Festival. John leads vocal workshops and masterclasses  specialising in baroque repertoire\, including regular visits to Early Music Fora and ‘Sing and Discover’ days with Richard Wigmore throughout the UK. He teaches at Trinity Laban College of Music\, the University of Chichester\, East Sussex Academy of Music and Lancing College. He directed chamber choir courses at Dartington for many years and is a tutor at AIMS International Music School. John was a popular tutor for Purcell’s King Arthur in 2017.
URL:https://memf.org.uk/event/purcell-the-fairy-queen/
LOCATION:Selly Oak Methodist Church Hall\, Langleys Road\, Birmingham\, B29 6HT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:A415,brass,Recorders,Strings,Viols,Voices,woodwind
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